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On Fri, 19 Dec 1997, Greg Merritt wrote: > > The original design requirements for the Beetle (in the 1940s) > included that it be able to maintain 100km/hr (about 60 miles per hour) > with four people, ALL DAY. On a number of occasions I have driven Beetles > & Squares for twelve hours or more, stopping only for gas (and maybe half > an hour for a bite to eat), including desert travel at temperatures of 105F > or more. Even used my Square to tow my Beetle 400 miles in such conditions! Hmm.. How about a 69 T-2 running for 1 week, two days, between 60 and 70, with four people, plus westy interior, plus nessesities...food, water, clothes, CD's..:) True, she did get a 2 day break in seattle, but we put just shy of 10,000 miles on her in that time...:) Don't EVEN try to tell me about "running for more than 2 hours..":) Gotta love a VW.:) ....david (oh, gas stops took a little longer on the first leg of the trip, because it takes longer to fill the Ryder who was with us...:) -- David Raistrick '69 Westy-Itchigo keen@slurpee.net '66 Hardtop Westy in Augusta Ga Mike West's Pushing Back the Darkness Series: http://www.slurpee.net/~keen/west/darkness.html The Turning 40 Nostalgic VW Service Tour, and Search for the Beginning of Wind http://www.slurpee.net/~keen/charlie/charlie.html